Today, I found out that I'm immune to laughing gas and partially immune to novocaine while I was getting two teeth pulled. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to get some teeth pulled. I had Novocaine in my gums and lip so I couldn't feel a thing. When the doctor is pulling out the last tooth, he sneezes and pulls the tooth out. He looks in my mouth and I hear, "Oh, shit..." I now have stitches in my mouth. FML
Today, I got all four of my wisdom teeth taken out. I happen to be allergic to all types of pain medication. FML
Today, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. The local anesthesia worked on three of the four teeth. I found out about the last tooth when the dentist was mid-yank. FML
Today, the dentist had to give me a lot of novacaine because my mouth wasn't becoming numb. After the 4th time the entire right side of my mouth was numb, except for the 2 teeth getting worked on. FML
Today, I got my wisdom teeth cut out. While my girlfriend was driving me home, I, still being high on the laughing gas, accidentally admitted to cheating on her. She was kind enough to wait until the numbness wore off before she punched me in the face. FML
Today, I got a tooth pulled out. I now have a hole connecting my mouth to my nose. Drinking and eating is whole new experience. FML
Today, I went to the dentist to get a filling. Instead of giving me Novocaine, my dentist decided he was going to use a special new paste on me while he drilled. It didn't work. FML
Today, I had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted. Under anesthesia I told the dentist my entire love life and drug history in detail. FML
Today, while getting a dental filling, the fire alarm sounded. The plaza was evacuated and we had to stand outside in the cold for 2 hours. The anesthetic wore off. FML
Today, I had all of my wisdom teeth removed. After the anesthesia wore off, I asked how long the procedure took, and the nurse told me a little less than an hour. Apparently I thought this was hilarious and started laughing, which ripped my new stitches. FML
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mini_cupcake 0
oh my god. i figured that out when i had two teeth pulled when i was six. glad someone else relates!
TheKitsune 0
See, I have a GOOD dentist and he doesn't start any procedure before the Novocaine kicks in.
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kitty_minky 0
you prob just have a shitty dentist who couldnt get a block. if u were feeling pain they should have stopped
cefarix 5
You must be a redhead.
Chesterfield_fml 0
I had to get 12 shots of novocain before I was fully frozen when I had a tooth pulled. There was just one spot that did not want to freeze. Dentists aren't perfect, sometimes they miss the nerve & get a different nerve, or sometimes the nerve they are trying to hit isn't where it's supposed to be. Just because the anatomy text says the nerves are in a certain spot, doesn't mean that's accurate for every person. Sometimes it just takes more novocain!
tabii 0
i have that problem too. you should have stopped your dentist, they can usually do something about it or if it gets too bad they'll make it like surgery. or sometimes they just have to hit the right spot. you'll be in the worst pain of your life after getting all those shots though, on top of the tooth pulls.
Paige_Nicole10 0
owch. ask for extra shots, i have to usually get twice as much as a normal person does.
liny_fml 0
haha i know ur pain, the same thing happened to me but they didnt have laughing gas XD
SummerLover95 0
ouch. sorry.
fballs2006 0
no one is ammune to laughing gas. it just deprives you of oxygen by replacing it with co2 or nitrogen ( one or the other. I can't remember ) enough to make you giddy. either you didn't get enough or this is fake.
jwsmythe 0
#86, Very close. The nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is absorbed by your blood, just as the oxygen would be. The NOS has an aesthetic effect, which makes some people giggle (or laugh). An appropriate dose will leave you dazed, and generally numb all over. The only way to be "immune" to it would be to not require oxygen. The OP is mistaken. Some people have a higher tolerance to it than others. For me, my dentist has to turn the rate above the "maximum". He stated it's about double the normal flow rate. All is good though, he also has a blood oxygen monitor on me, so if my oxygen levels drop too low, it will alert them immediately. I haven't died yet. :) I'm sedated enough where he can pull a tooth, yet awake enough where he can wake me up fairly quickly. I prefer that I'm sedated with the NOS before the Novocaine is injected, but it's not a requirement. I just see no need for extra pain. :) It does help the doc to have you awake for the Novocaine injections though, so you can respond saying if the area is numb or not. When I had my first tooth pulled, he woke me up and said "we're going to pull your tooth now, are you ready?" Groggy, I replied (with my mouth already full of medical gear) "uh huh.". He woke me up a little while later and said "We got it out, here it is" and held it in front of me. I know he was holding something, but I wasn't coherent enough to see what it was. After I was stitched up, packed with gauze, and handed a prescription for pain killers, he showed me the tooth. My second one didn't go quite so gracefully. Two hours in the chair, and at points I could feel it. More of what I felt was my jaw being twisted in the wrong directions by him pulling so hard. There was no question the tooth needed to be extracted, it had broken in half. It just didn't want to actually come out.
Dickninja 0
Umm, this isnt fake as a matter of fact because i am to. They have to use four times the amount they give everyone else and my dentist always complains when i come in. OP, dont worry. I had that happen to me. My wisdom teeth.
LukeDog 0
YDI for having teeth and being immune